I'm putting this here, cause other forums won't reply.

I installed win2k pro today and noticed that NOTHING works anymore, I did the upgrade like M$ suggested cause it would keep my programs and everything, but everything is gone, the programs are still there, but nothing works, drivers, programs, everything stopped working and brings up errors, and to top it all off, i lost my thousands of emails too, how do i start repairing this mess, cause i'm lost.

i was advised against installing winNT by someone and he suggested i install this so i did in good faith, and now all my work is gone, as a result i'll miss my deadline that is set for coming wednesday, so i need to get this fixed NOW.

If it can't be restored with the proper settings then someone please someone explain how to get this piece of crap of my system again so i can continue building my websites.

Maybe George or Waldo can help ?
I built a tutorial like you suggested last night, but it's not finished yet and i wanted to finish that too, but it's impossible now. Took me almost an hour to get my Inet connection working, so getting the rest to work should take...a week ? two weeks maybe ?

Remind me never to install a Micro$oft product ever again, nothing but problems and support is non-existent, they don't even listen to your problem, they just have a list with known problems and give you a answer based on that, which ends up screwing up your system even more, support like that I can do without, i can delete dll's on my own and achieve the same effect.

I just want to continue with what i was doing, so if anyone can help me, then please do.

It's things like this that make me want to quit my job, before i get bitched at by my boss, but he refuses to see that everywhere I go for assistance within KPN i hit a brick wall, wait a day or two or fix it yourself, and others just tell you they will get in touch and never return your call, i'm ready to give up completely.
webdesign, computer animation, everything else, one more set back and i'll throw my system out of the window, i allready kicked it and almost destroyed my monitor when i saw that over 2 years of work is now gone.

Please help.

With kind regards,

Dennis van Galen
Webmaster SPG Finance
KPN Telecom Holland NV

What did you upgrade from? 98? ME?

What program are you using for email? Outlook?

Did you check the Hardware Compatibility List to make sure that all of your hardware is supported for Win2K?

<img src=../images/fwzone/forum/icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle> Should be fixable!

Are you saying you don't perform regular back-ups? You should always back-up all data (especially before upgrading OS).

Otherwise, it sounds like a hardware issue.

Good Luck,
redgrass

Edited by - redgrass on 08/14/2001 19:41:10